οὐράνη
ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ἡ, (οὖρον) A chamber pot, A.Fr.180.2, S.Fr.565. II = οὐρητήρ, urethra Poll.2.223.
German (Pape)
[Seite 416] ἡ, Urin-, Nachttopf; κάκοσμος, Aesch. frg. 15; Soph. frg. 147; vgl. Ath. I, 17. – Nach Poll. 2, 223 auch = οὐρήθρα.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
οὐράνη: (ᾰ) ἡ ночная посуда Aesch., Soph.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οὐράνη: [ᾰ], ἡ, (οὖρον) οὐροδοχεῖον, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 179, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 147. ΙΙ. = οὐρητήρ, Πολυδ. Β´, 223.
Greek Monolingual
οὐράνη, ἡ (Α)
1. ουροδοχείο
2. ουρητήρας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < οὖρον + επίθημα -άνη (πρβλ. λεκ-άνη, σκαπ-άνη)].
Wikipedia EN
A chamber pot is a portable toilet, meant for nocturnal use in the bedroom. It was common in many cultures before the advent of indoor plumbing and flushing toilets.
"Chamber" is an older term for bedroom. The chamber pot is also known as a Jordan, a jerry, a guzunder, a po (possibly from French: pot de chambre), a potty pot, a potty, a thunder pot or a thunder mug. It was also known as a chamber utensil or bedroom ware.
Chamber pots were used in ancient Greece at least since the 6th century BC and were known under different names: ἀμίς (amis), οὐράνη (ouranē) and οὐρητρίς (ourētris, from οὖρον - ouron, "urine"), σκωραμίς / (skōramis), χερνίβιον (chernibion).
The introduction of indoor flush toilets started to displace chamber pots in the 19th century, but they remained common until the mid-20th century. The alternative to using the chamber pot was a long cold walk to the outhouse in the middle of the night.
Translations
an: pixallo; ar: قعادة; bar: botschamperl; bg: цукало; br: pod-kambr; ca: orinal; cs: nočník; cv: çĕрлехи куршак; da: natpotte; de: Nachttopf; eml: bucalèin; en: chamber pot; eo: noktovazo; es: orinal; eu: pixontzi; fa: شاشدان; fi: potta; fr: pot de chambre; gd: amar-mùin; he: סיר לילה; id: pispot; io: noktovazo; is: koppur; it: vaso da notte; ko: 요강; ksh: pißpott; la: matella; lb: pottschamb; nl: po; pl: nocnik; pt: penico; ro: oală de noapte; ru: ночной горшок; scn: rinali; simple: chamber pot; sr: нокшир; sv: potta; szl: nachtop; tl: arinola; uk: камерний горщик; zh: 尿壺
